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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y56_sylvan-grove-plantation_Jackson-GA.html
In 1864, Sylvan Grove Plantation was located just outside Jackson. Its owner, Asa Buttrill, built an impressive 14-room plantation house in the 1830s for his bride, Lucy Manley. The house stood slightly south of the large stone covering a wellspri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y55_jackson_Jackson-GA.html
Jackson, seat of Butts County, "was a beautiful little place and evidently occupied by the most prosperous people of that region. Those descriptive words were penned by Union Major Thomas W Osborn, Chief of Artillery of Major General Oliver O. How…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4X_sylvan-grove-plantation_Jackson-GA.html
Sylvan Grove Hospital site was originally part of a large colonial cotton plantation known as Sylvan Grove Plantation. This plantation was settled in 1817 by Williams Buttrill, Revolutionary soldier and aide to General George Washington. He was th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHX3_iron-springs_Jackson-GA.html
On the night of Nov. 17, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army [US], which had marched south from Atlanta on Nov 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, reached Jackson and camped in and around the town. Hq. Right …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBJ_butts-county-confederate-monument_Jackson-GA.html
In memory of the Confederate Soldiers of Butts County, whose undying devotion to duty and self sacrifice in their country's service, we cherish; and whose heroic deeds and patriotism, we embalm in stone, as they are enshrined in our hearts.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME3T_butts-county_Jackson-GA.html
This County, created by Act of the Legislature December 24, 1825, is named for Capt. Sam Butts killed in the Indian War of 1814 at the Battle of Chalibbee. At Indian Springs, now a State Park, were signed the Treaties with the Creeks giving Georgi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME3G_crossing-the-ocmulgee_Jackson-GA.html
On the morning of Nov. 18, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army [US] moved from its bivouacs in and near Jackson toward Planters' Factory (Ocmulgee Mills), on the Ocmulgee River at Seven Islands (9 miles SE), to eff…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME3F_the-right-wing-at-jackson_Jackson-GA.html
On the night of Nov. 17, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army [US], which had marched south from Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, reached Jackson. Hq. Department and Army of the Tennessee (t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2R_home-of-robert-grier_Jackson-GA.html
Robert Grier, astronomer and founder of "Grier's Almanac", and his family lived about one mile from here and are buried in a family cemetery near the home.Robert Grier was born in 1780 at his father's home in Taliaferro Co. He attended Old Union A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2K_the-march-to-the-sea_Jackson-GA.html
On Nov. 17th, the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman's army [US] marched from McDonough to Jackson, enroute to Planter's Factory on Ocmulgee River where it was to cross next day. To relieve congestion on the Jackson road, Smith's division, 17th Corps with…